Keep Suffering

"... and it seemed to me that the greatest pain that I felt was in having to suffer when I had not deserved it."

- Pietro Bembo (pg. 18)

A group of geese is a flock. A lot of lions is a pride and a herd of humans are people. People behave animalistically, and as such their actions tend to be unwarranted, irrational, and somewhat cruel. The proof of this can be seen in high-school classrooms across the nation as different cliques of students prey upon those that are weak. Furthermore, this can be seen in the media, as reporters seek out those that can be unravelled by sensational news. It is the grade school pledge to 'Treat others how you wish to be treated,' yet people continue to lie, cheat, and steal so that they can further themselves. This results in innocent people being hurt. But it happens everyday and rarely does anyone even blink.

People continue to want to believe in the best. So they create these magnificent stories for people to believe in. Stories like Beowulf, King Arthur, and Superman. In The Book of the Courtier intellectuals come together and create a fictional -but perfect- courtier. They do this because they know that one will never exist, yet they hope that this person who has noble blood, an air about them, the ability to create a good impression, a perfect face, good posture, a great body frame, the ability to wrestle, ride a horse, possesses sprezzatura, grace in writing and speaking, is knowledgable, has good judgement, knows the orators and letters of Greece, creates paintings and sculptures, and is a musician will someday grace their presence. The idea that a perfect person may come along and save them from their wretchedness allows people to continue down the path of their personal defilement. Because so long as you think someone else is 'nice' you can be a b----. This is why a person could be genuinely kind, but people will always contain a certain amount of evilness.